Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville Events

Practicing Blessing, Being Blessing (23 Jun 2012)

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:30:00 GMT

The Buddha described blessing as living in accord with the Dharma (teachings). In this way, through our thoughts and actions, our life becomes a blessing. In addition, however, many of us long to intentionally express a sense of the sacred in daily life. In this retreat, we will explore how, in the context of the Buddhadharma, we can invoke blessings for ourselves and share them with others to enrich our lives and practice.

The day’s program will include sitting and walking meditation, a dharma talk, time for questions, and opportunity for individual conferences with Susan. Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.

Bring a cushion and a bag lunch; chairs are provided

$15 registration, plus dana/donation

Please register at our website www.imeditation.org

For questions, contact Kathy Lally at klally@embarqmail.com

Insight Dialogue: Opening to Life As It Is - Residential Retreat (06 Jul 2012)

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:00:00 GMT

Insight Dialogue and Metta: Opening to Life As It Is

led by Sharon Beckman-Brindley and Phyllis Hicks

Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation form, based in Vipassana. It expands solitary meditation by extending the mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion of silent practice into speaking and listening in contemplation with others. Through practice, we see directly and clearly how confusion and ignorance sustain both personal and interpersonal suffering.

This retreat focuses on learning and practicing Insight Dialogue. There will be times of silent practice, walking meditation, and mindful movement interwoven with periods of structured Insight Dialogue. We will practice metta - allowing our hearts and minds to open unconditionally to life and experience just as they actually are. As awareness deepens, we can experience for ourselves the profound Buddhist teachings on suffering and its cessation.

Location:Southern Dharma Retreat Center
               Hot Springs, NC
                   Information and registration:
                   http://www.southerndharma.org

Fall Retreat: Intimacy With Life (weekend and weeklong) (26 Oct 2012)

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Fall Retreat: Intimacy with Life (Weekend & Weeklong)

Friday, October 26 6:00 PM - November 2 1:00 PM

Pearlstone Retreat Center, Baltimore (map it)

with Pat Coffey, Tara Brach, Jonathan Foust and Louisa Montero Diaz

Weekend dates: October 26-October 28

Vipassana, or Buddhist Meditation, is a way of opening to life and seeing clearly the totality of one’s being and experience. The practice is based on cultivating a present-centered mindfulness, leading to an unfolding of our natural wisdom and compassion. The focus of this retreat is to enhance intimacy with ourselves and the world. In order to help participants discover a sense of stillness and deep listening, silence will be maintained throughout the retreat except during question/answer periods and interviews with the teachers. In addition to sitting and walking meditation practice, there will be sessions of mindful movement led each day by Jonathan Foust.

To register and for complete information: http://imcw.org/calendar/vw/3/itemid/172/d/20121026.aspx

Residential Retreat: Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind (18 Dec 2012)

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:00:00 GMT

Wise Concentration: Steadying the Mind

December 18th to December 23rd 2012
Insight Meditation Society Barre MA

As we cultivate concentration, we develop purification, tranquility and equanimity of mind and heart. These qualities prepare the ground for a penetrating insight into the nature of existence. This course will offer an introduction to and support for the practice of concentration (samatha in Pali), as taught by Burmese meditation master Pa Auk Sayadaw.

Open to both new and experienced meditators, the retreat will consist of alternate periods of silent sitting and walking meditation, daily dharma talks, and small group practice interviews. An optional daily period of yoga will be offered by Éowyn Ahlstrom.

For full information and registration:
http://www.dharma.org/ims/retreat_detail.php?id=273

New Year's Retreat: December 27th 2012-Jan 1, 2013 (27 Dec 2012)

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT

New Years Retreat

December 27 6:00 PM - January 1, 2013 1:00 PM

Pearlstone Retreat Center, Baltimore (map it)

with Pat Coffey, Tara Brach, Jonathan Foust and Hugh Byrne

Registration details not yet posted. Periodically check the IMCW calendar for December 2012 at:

http://imcw.org/Calendar/vw/1.aspx